Policy Officer

Location: London-based or remote in the UK, as long as travel to the office in London for two
consecutive days per month is feasible
Role: Permanent
Salary: £40,000 plus 10% employer-contributed pension; 4 day full-time work week (Monday –
Thursday)

About us

Established in 2021, Opportunity Green is a fast-growing not-for-profit organisation that helps
to identify and unlock opportunities to tackle climate change. We build ambitious coalitions,
support climate vulnerable countries in international negotiations and find innovative legal
pathways to fight climate change.

The Climate Diplomacy team works to support climate vulnerable countries in their efforts to
bring down emissions from high emitting sectors through multilateral negotiations and
agreements, with a particular focus on securing the climate finance these countries need. We do
this by providing technical capacity support and policy briefings, and other resources to
policymakers.

We are now looking for a Policy Officer – Climate Diplomacy to help the team expand its
engagement with climate vulnerable countries in shipping and aviation, as well as supporting
Opportunity Green in tackling new, high-emitting sectors such as agriculture and data centres.

What’s the role?

The injustice at the heart of the climate crisis is the fact that those who contribute the
least to causing climate harms often suffer its first and worst impacts. As a Policy Officer in
our Climate Diplomacy team, you will work to address this injustice by supporting climate
vulnerable countries to push for the ambitious – and equitable – decarbonisation of sectors
that are not doing enough to bring their emissions in line with countries’ obligations under
the Paris Agreement.

Reporting to the Senior Director for Climate Diplomacy, you will be supporting the team to
provide technical capacity support, policy analysis and advice to help climate vulnerable
countries to advocate for ambition during and in the run up to multilateral negotiations. Your
work will include drafting technical briefings and other research to support ambition, engaging
with negotiators from climate vulnerable countries and helping to spot synergies across all of
Opportunity Green’s work.

Our Climate Diplomacy team is already achieving outsized impact with a great team spirit. We
are looking for someone who is analytical and organized, but who is also a people person with
great communication skills, a collaborative approach and a passion for fighting climate change.
Opportunity Green is a growing organization so you may also be involved in supporting other
aspects of work, such as contributing to funding proposals, developing a campaign strategy and
providing input into communications. You will also be expected to work with other teams from
time to time on cross-organisation projects.

About the candidate

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A passion for using their policy, research and engagement skills to tackle climate change.

Desirable skills and experience:

We do not expect any candidate to have all skills listed below but rather we look for
transferable skills and potential as well as past experience. However, please note that this is
not an entry level role.

• Policy development or analysis skills – able to identify how and where policy tools can
  support global climate efforts.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement, building consensus and navigating dissenting
  opinions.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and interact with policymakers from
  around the world with kindness and respect.
• A high level of self-motivation and commitment to Opportunity Green’s values, ethos and
  purpose.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) with the ability to communicate complex
  and nuanced policy information to a wide range of audiences.
• Excellent time management, the ability to meet deadlines, logically tackle problems, and
  set and communicate priorities.
• Able to proactively identify opportunities where expert knowledge could help to drive
  change.

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are important principles at Opportunity Green. We believe that
diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective. We are committed to fair and
equitable employment practices, and we are striving to ensure that a variety of voices and
experiences are included in our organisation. Our commitment to diversity and our parental
leave policy are available to view on our website, here.

We will consider all applicants who meet most or all of the essential competencies regardless
of their identity or background. That said, we know that diverse candidates may be reluctant to
apply for jobs where they don’t meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the job description. We
encourage anyone to apply who can demonstrate the variety of skills and experiences relevant to
meeting the requirements of this role.

We recognise that many diverse experiences and perspectives are not represented in our current
workforce, and are seriously underrepresented across the non-profit sector in general, and as
such, we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, non-white
people, people from marginalised backgrounds, and members of the
LGBTQIA+ communities. We will use positive action under the Equality Act 2010 to appoint from
these groups if two candidates are equally qualified. We also value flexible working.

What we offer

The successful candidate will be offered an annual salary of £40,000 plus 10%
employer-contributed pension. Please note that Opportunity Green has fixed salary scales, with
the possibility of step increases with strong performance. When hiring we always hire at the
bottom of a band and do not enter negotiations with new employees as negotiations have been
historically shown to disadvantage women and minorities.

We take our team’s well-being and professional development seriously. In addition to a
competitive salary, we offer:

• A commitment to work/life balance, with a 4-day work week at 28 hours.
• A generous holiday entitlement of 20 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays and office
  closure between Christmas and New Year’s that does not count towards your holiday entitlement
  (and expectation that you fully disconnect when taking time off).
• A market-leading pension of 10%.
• A progressive family leave policy, including 26 weeks’ paid leave for both parents, as well
  as other support.
• Lots of flexibility within a hybrid working arrangement, with regular opportunities to come
  together as a team.
• Support for your professional development as part of Opportunity Green, with a budget to
  support your learning & development plus opportunities to lead projects, publish content,
  learn from experts, work directly with policymakers and stakeholders, and take part in
  conferences and events.

However, it is important to note that while this role is permanent, employment is always
reliant on Opportunity Green continuing to receive philanthropic support from our funders,
which we expect every member of the team to play their part in working towards.

Unfortunately, if you do not already hold the right to work in the UK and/or require
sponsorship to continue working in the UK, Opportunity Green will not be able to consider your
application at this time.

The closing date for applications is 4 August 2025.  

We actively encourage applicants to reach out if there are any reasonable adjustments we can
make to help them demonstrate their full potential in the hiring process.

Please get in touch at [email protected] and we can discuss how to best make the
recruitment process as accessible and comfortable for you as possible.

Online interviews are likely to take place w/c 18 August. In person interviews will likely be
shortly after this (w/c 25 August).